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Pinelands Lichen Ecology PINELANDS LICHEN ECOLOGY Natalie Howe Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Pinelands Short Course Content 1. What is a lichen? 2. How do they grow? a. Crust like (crustose) b. Leaf-like (foliose) c. Shrub-like (fruiticose) 3. Lichen reproduction a. Apothecia b. Soredia c. Isidia 4. Lichen communities in the Pine Barrens a. Living or dead trees b. Soils c. Insects 5. Lichen ecology 1. What is a lichen? • Lichen: composite organism made of a fungal species, photosynthesizing organisms and bacteria coexisting in a symbiotic relationship. Composite Organism: Tree of Life, CSRIO Marine and Atmospheric Research 1. What is a lichen? fungus • Lichen’s name comes from fungal component • Fungus: Fungal Hyphae on soil: Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney • Heterotroph • Eats organic matter • “Immobile” (most fungi) • Body (thallus) made of filamentous hyphae (most fungi) • Most lichens are ascomycete fungi (spores in sacs) Fungal hypahe in a lichen: Bates Biology Department 1. What is a lichen? photosynthesizing organism • Autotroph • Produces sugars that the lichen fungus uses • may be: • Green algae Trebouxia: AJ Silverside Parmelia sulcata: GA Mushroom Club • (ex. Trebouxia) • Cyanobacteria • (ex. Nostoc) Nostoc: Bruce McCune, Oregon State Collema, Karen Dillman, USFS 1. What is a lichen? Mutualism? Or Controlled Parasitism? Both parties benefit: • Fungus provides protection & water • Algae provides sugars But some algae grow faster when free living. Lichens are fungi that have discovered farming! Brodo, Sharnoff, Sharnoff, Lichens of North America 2. Lichen Structure • Lichens can have a huge variety of structures, but always, the algae is surrounded by fungal hyphae. This arrangement has evolved multiple times. http://www.britishlichens.co.uk/whatarelichens.html Gold, S. Yosemite Nature Notes, “Welcome to the Waldorf Haustoria” [lichen], 47(3):54-56 fungus + photobiont + bacteria = huge diversity of form, color, chemistry > 14,000 species Sharnoff, S. Lichens of North America 2. Lichen growth forms A. foliose (leafy) Foliose lichen cross section: George Barron MycoAlbumCD Flat cross section – can peel off substrate Flavoparmelia caperata, NJ 2014 2. Lichen growth forms B. fruiticose (shrubby/pendant) Frrom: Watching the world wake up Round in Usnea: NJ 2014 cross section 2. Lichen growth forms C. crustose (crust on substrate) Earthlife.net/lichens/lichen Lower surface grows into substrate, difficult to scrape off Graphis, Lecanora, NC 2014 2. Lichen growth forms D. Leprose (powdery) E. Squamulose (tiny flat pieces) 3. Lichen Reproduction • Most lichens are in the fungal group ascomycetes: they produce spores in sacs (called an ascus) • Apothecium: fruiting body that holds spores in a sac • Some lichens have the colored apothecium on a stalk Apothecium Brigantiaea leucoxantha: Troy McMullin 2014 Cladonia cristatella: NJ, 2015 3. Lichen reproduction • To identify some lichens, you need to cut cross sections of apothecia and examine the spores in the microscope Spores 20-celled, 25-50 x 12-16 µm L-R: Hyperphyscia adglutinata, Graphina anguina, Bacidia lauroceracei All photos: Jenny Seawright, Irish Lichens 3. Lichen reproduction • Soredia: grainy or powdery • Isidia: fingerlike material on lichen surface extensions off lichen containing fungal hyphae surface containing fungal and algal cells hyphae and algal cells Flavoparmelia caperata, Natalie Howe, 2015 ; Crocodia aurata, Troy McMullin 2014; Parmelia sulcata, Natalie Howe, 2015 Lichen ID by Lichen Chemistry : K+ purple reaction Many lichens that actually are Xanthoria, Heino Lepp, Australian National Botanic Garden different species look very similar, and can only be told apart by chemistry. Common chemical tests: (drop liquid on lichen and look for color Ochrolechia subpallescens Bruce McCune OSU changes) C+ orange reaction • K (potassium hydroxide): P+ orange reaction • C (sodium hypochlorite): • P (phenylenediamine): Lichen ID by lichen chemistry UV: some specimens will fluoresce if you shine a UV light on them. Lichens are not the only organisms that do this! Dailymail.co.uk Robert Lucking, Canadian Museum of Nature Bruce McCune, Oregon State University Lichens are all over the pinelands: 190 species in Wharton State Forest! Lendemer 2006 Common Foliose Lichens on Pinelands Trees • Yellow Green: o Greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) • Blue-green: • Ridges & soredia o Hammered shield lichen (Parmelia sulcata) o White spots & isidia o Speckled shield (Punctelia rudecta) • Black hairs: • Light on edge of underside: o Parmotrema perforatum • Brown on edge of underside: o Parmotrema submarginale Common Fruiticose Lichens on Pinelands Trees • Shrubby oUsnea sp • Peg-like oUsu. Cladonia coniocraea • Cup-like oUsu. Cladonia chlorophaea • Red-topped • Usu. Cladonia cristatella Bostoncostume.org James LindseyJames Wikimedia Cladonia Many kinds of “British soldiers” (lichens macilenta with 1 stalk, no cups, red on top) : • If the stalks look grey-green and powdery (sorediate), but powder on the squamules is Mark Cladonia just on the edges: Kibba didyma • And the stalk is covered with fine powder: OhioMossLichen.org • Cladonia macilenta : • And the stalk is covered with coarse granules: • Cladonia didyma • If the stalks have no powder and are yellow Jenny Cladonia green: Seawright incrassata • And the squamules are powdery: DorsetNature.co.uk • Cladonia incrassata : • And the squamules are not powdery: • Cladonia cristatella Cladonia cristatella: Louise Browman, EPA, Indiana Dunes Lakeshore Many kinds of cup lichens • With soredia or granules (apothecia Cladonia chlorophaea brown or absent) • Cups broad, goblet shaped, with grainy soredia covering cups: • Cladonia chlorophaea Steven Cladonia • Cups irregular Sharnoff rei, • With starlike projections at edges of cups and with grainy soredia , CNELH • Cladonia rei Cladonia rappii, Jason Hollinger, Mushroom • Without soredia or granules Observer • Cups in towers, proliferating from center • Cladonia rappii • Cups proliferating from edges if at all • Cups full of tiny round disks • Cladonia pyxidata Cladonia pyxidata, Jason Hollinger, Mushroom Observer • With soredia • Smooth, grey-green cortex on lower 1/3 to 2/3 of stalk with Many kinds of stalk lichens grainy soredia on top, squamules finely divided with brown or no apothecia • Cladonia ocrochlora Cladonia Steven Cladonia Jenny Cladonia • Almost entire stalk covered in powdery soredia Seawright Sharnoff coniocraea ochrochlora • Cladonia subulata subulata • Almost entire stalk covered in powdery soredia and large , CNELH , DorsetNature.co.uk unlobed squamules Ralf Wagner , • Cladonia coniocraea • Without soredia • Very short stalks (1-3mm tall) • Cladonia caespitica • Stalks >3 mm tall Cladonia caespiticia AJ Silverside, Lastdragon.org • On bark • Squamules mostly granular: • Cladonia parasitica • Sqamules divided, turning yellow w/ PD • Cladonia beaumontii Cladonia parasitica Cladonia beaumontii, Cladonia squamosa Jenny Seawright,IrishLichens • Squamules divided, white under UV or yellow w/ K Dimitri Tundra, myrhyker British Lichens.co.uk • Cladonia squamosa • On soil, moss or rock • Lots of squamules on stalk • Cladonia squamosa • Stalks look inflated • Cladonia strepilis Cladonia strepsilis Cladonia peziziformis • Stalks warty, twisted Wessex lichen group Discoverlife.org • Cladonia peziziformis Very small lichens with no visible fruiting bodies: - The blue grey covering in Atlantic White Cedar swamps is usually Cladonia santensis - Yellow lichen on urban trees is often Candelaria concolor Candeleriella concolor. Cladonia santensis on Atlantic white cedar Cladonia santensis on Atlantic white cedar. Tom potterfield 2004, flickr Common Fruiticose lichens on soil • Yellow-green o Thorn lichen (Cladonia uncialis) • Grey-green o Reindeer lichen (Cladonia submitis) o Reindeer lichen (Cladonia subtenuis) • Brown green, with squamules o Cladonia atlantica Cladonia floridana Sharnoff, 2010, CNALH Many kinds of “reindeer lichen” on soils Cladonia Rangiferina, • Dull light green, branches bent mostly one way Paul Morris, 2010, wikimedia • Cladonia rangiferina • Dull light green, branches going all directions. • PD+, Branching in 2s, stalks under .7 m wide, no holes between branches • Cladonia subtenuis • Branching in 3s/4s, .5-.8 mm wide, Cladonia subtenuis, • Cladonia arbuscula / Cladonia mitis Jason Hollinger, 2010, • PD-, Branching in 3s/4s, wrinkled stalks .7-2mm wide waysofenlichenment w/ holes between branches • Cladonia submitis Cladonia uncialis • Shiny, gray-green • <25mm tall, primary squamules persistent • Cladonia floridana • Shiny, yellow-green • Densely branched cushions with holes between Cladonia arbuscula, Timdall, digital mycology branches • Cladonia uncialis • Flattened mats of slender branches, .5-1.5 mm wide • Cladonia dimorphoclada Cladonia submitis, Sharnoff, 2010, CNALH Pleasant Mills Church, 2014 5. Lichen ecology Tolerance of drought, freezing, low nutrient conditions allows them to exist in vast array of habitats: Bark, rock, soil +…. 5. Lichen Ecology Stress Tolerance Adaptations Aspicilia fruiticulosa, Raggio et al, 2011: Usnic acid, one UV RADIATION: Lichens prevent protective compound damage from radiation using UV protective compounds: • Lichens can even survive in space! Raggio et al, 2011, Astrobiology LOW NUTRIENT CONDITIONS: Lichens survive low nitrogen conditions by partnering with cyanobacteria that can fix nitrogen Lucking et al., 2009. American Journal
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